TI Europe
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November 1996

Texas Instruments Germany Certified Against Top Environmental Standards

First Semiconductor Company to Qualify for Both ISO 14001 AND EMAS

Freising, Germany (November 25, 1996) -- Texas Instruments Germany, based in Freising, has received certification for both the International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001 and the European Union Environmental Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), two of the toughest standards for environmental management systems in the world. TID is the first semiconductor company in the world to be certified by both organizations.

The certification procedure, done in a record six months, is part of Texas Instruments ongoing commitment to environmentally-friendly management systems. TI has a worldwide waste reduction and recycling program that has helped the company reduce waste by 40 percent and recycle 65 percent of non-hazardous waste over a five-year period. In Europe TI has enacted a program to help bring TI Europe to zero wasted resources by the turn of the century.

The Freising site has been selected to serve as a pilot in the European region to implement TI's overall Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) management system. It is playing a key role in sharing and exchanging information across TI Europe in order to develop a common environmental management program.

"Conservation of our natural resources and the continuous improvement of our environmental management systems is a key priority for Texas Instruments," said Beatrix Pichl, environmental manager of TI Germany.

Texas Instruments has been operating in Germany for 35 years. Freising is the center for TI Europe’s Mixed Signal and Logic Products (MSLP) business. A manufacturing plant is also located on the site, producing components such as the highly complex logic chips used for computer and other applications.